Workmen's advocate., 1887-01-22

January Session, A. D. 1887. An Ad Establishing c State Printing
 O0ice aud prorjding for the manage, mem of tte Saale.
 Be 4 enncted by the !Sendte aud House of Representatives. m General Assemby cOHrrHed:
 Sec. 1. There is hereby created State Printing Office, to be under the control and management or practical printer, to be appointed as hereinafter provided.
 Sec. ?. Within twenty days after the passage of this act the governor shall ap- point an officer to superntend and man. age the department hereby created. Said officer shall be a practical printer, and shall be known as the State printer.
 Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of such officer to contract for and purchase such material as may be necessary to stock an establishment of sufficient capacity to perform all printing, stereotyping, en- graving, lithographing, and binding nec- essary for the use of all branches of the State government. And such State prin- ter shall have power to procure suitable buildings and to perform all further acts necessary for the stocking of such estab- lishment but all contracts for material, buildings, etc, shall be subject to the approval of the State comptroller.
 Sec. i. The establishment shall be To- cated at Hartford, and shall be known as the State Printing Office, and such estab- lishment shall be completed on or before January first, eighteen hundred and eighty eight.
 Sec. ,. It shall be the duty of the State printer to superintend all the printing and binding, the purchase of materials and machinery, and the employment of proof readers, binders, engravers, litho- graphers, compositors, pressmen, stereo typers, and other mechanics or labOrers necessary to execute the orders of the various branches of the State govern ment.
 Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the State printer to appoint foreman for each of the printing, engraving, stereotyping, lithographing, binding and press depart ments. each of whom shall be a person thoroughly and practically skilled in the particular branch over which he shall have charge Such foreman shall make weekly reports to the State printer of the work performed in their respective departments, together with the weekly pay rolls, containing the names of all persons employed, rate of compensation and amount due to each and service per formed. Such foremen shall estimate from time to time as to the material nec- essary for their respective departments. and make requisition therefor on the State printer.
 Sec. :. The State printer shall receive for his services the sum of two thousand dollars per annum, and he shall give a bond to the State of five thousand dol lars conditioned for the faithful per- formance of his duties as such officer. He shall hold his office for two years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, but the said State printer may be removed at any time by thirds vote of each house of the legislature with the approval of the governor.
 Sec s. The sum of one hundred thou sand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose above mentioned, which sum the treasurer shall pay upon the warrant of the comptroller to the order of said State printer upon vouchers duly verified.
 Sec. 9. From and after the first day of July, 1887, it shall be unlawful for any State officer to have printing, stereotyp- ing, binding engraving, or Autograph ing performed by private contract, un- less such contract was made before the passage of this act. All the printing, stereotyping, binding, engraving and Iithographing, and all blank books and stationery ordered or required by the va rious executive and judicial departments or the bureaus thereof, and all printing, stereotyping, binding, engraving and lithographing, ordered or required by the Senate or House of Representatives. shall be done and executed at the State Printing Office under the supervision of the State printer.
 Sec 10. It shall be the duty of the State printer to receive from the clerk of the Senate and House of Representatives and from the heads of various depart ments and bureaus, all orders for print ing and binding necessary for the State and said State printer shall execute the same with due diligence in accordance with the orders so received.
 Sec II. Neither the State printer, nor any of the foremen or other officers pro- vided for in this act, shall. during his term of office, have any interest direct or indirect in the publication of any newspaper or periodical, CT in any print ing, stereotyping, binding, engraving or lithographing establishment of any kind or in any contract for furnishing paper or other material in any way connected with the public printing. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable by fine of not less than five hundred dollars, and the State may sue for and recover from the offender or his sureties such loss as it may suffer 1 tbarafrnp,